Gehazi went ahead of them and placed the staff on the boy’s face, but there was no sound or sign of life, so he went back to meet Elisha and told him, ‘The boy didn’t wake up.’
John 11:11 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised He said this, and then he told them, ‘Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I’m on my way to wake him up.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He said these things, and then added, Our friend Lazarus is at rest and sleeping; but I am going there that I may awaken him out of his sleep. American Standard Version (1901) These things spake he: and after this he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus is fallen asleep; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep. Common English Bible He continued, “Our friend Lazarus is sleeping, but I am going in order to wake him up.” Catholic Public Domain Version He said these things, and after this, he said to them: "Lazarus our friend is sleeping. But I am going, so that I may awaken him from sleep." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version These things he said; and after that he said to them: Lazarus our friend sleepeth; but I go that I may awake him out of sleep. |
Gehazi went ahead of them and placed the staff on the boy’s face, but there was no sound or sign of life, so he went back to meet Elisha and told him, ‘The boy didn’t wake up.’
Are you not our God who drove out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel and who gave it for ever to the descendants of Abraham your friend?
The Lord would speak with Moses face to face, just as a man speaks with his friend, then Moses would return to the camp. His assistant, the young man Joshua son of Nun, would not leave the inside of the tent.
But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, descendant of Abraham, my friend –
Many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to eternal life, and some to disgrace and eternal contempt.
The tombs were also opened and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised.
‘Leave,’ he said, ‘because the girl is not dead but asleep.’ And they laughed at him.
He went in and said to them, ‘Why are you making a commotion and weeping? The child is not dead but asleep.’
But if anyone walks during the night, he does stumble, because the light is not in him.’
Then the disciples said to him, ‘Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will get well.’
Jesus, however, was speaking about his death, but they thought he was speaking about natural sleep.
So the sisters sent a message to him: ‘Lord, the one you love is ill.’
He who has the bride is the groom. But the groom’s friend, who stands by and listens for him, rejoices greatly at the groom’s voice. So this joy of mine is complete.
He knelt down and cried out with a loud voice, ‘Lord, do not hold this sin against them! ’ And after saying this, he fell asleep.
Come to your senses , and stop sinning; for some people are ignorant about God. I say this to your shame.
Listen, I am telling you a mystery: We shall not all fall asleep, but we shall all be changed,
for what makes everything visible is light. Therefore it is said: Get up, sleeper, and rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.
The Lord said to Moses, ‘You are about to rest with your ancestors, and these people will soon prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will abandon me and break the covenant I have made with them.
who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with him.
and the Scripture was fulfilled that says, Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness, , and he was called God’s friend.